On Shooting practice and the michigan move

“The moment a man searches one quality for itself alone, he does by that very act, strip it of some of its most important attributes.” Hale on Vermeer p15

There is so much emphasis on the hockey shot that so many skills and players are lost down this dead end of skill growth when it’s divided from other skills.
the Michigan move is the height of self obsession in hockey. The compartmentalization and hyper focus leads to a short illusory moment of control amidst the chaotic game. The lacrosse style borderline circus nature of the act divorces game acts from teamplay so radically that the roots of the game are being torn from the soil bed.